Gardeners' Notes:

Great plant I used it in beds and in containers under taller growing coleus varieties with similar colors. They are growing together fabulously. These plants always do well for me when watered from underneath, I also sit my pots on a small plate of pebbles in water to add more humidity. Fertilized with osmocote, water soluble, and added SuperThrive to the mix this year...hoping for beautiful things. I have grown these in the past and performance is outstanding.

This is a sun friendlly "Proven Winner" coleus with saber-like leaves. It has many colors in its leaves and is supposed to get up to 2' tall. I felt very lucky to find this one at Bob's flowers in Tifton, Ga. She's already in the ground.
July 29, 2006
Well after I wrote that last year, the plant just went dark and didn't really even grow. I wasn't going to re-purchase.
This year I found a beautiful 1 gallon plant that I put in dappled shade. It's now about 3 times that size and as bright as can be. I really love this plant.